[ANalysis of upper extremity injuries in the Szczecin shipyard S.A. in the years 1989-1993]. / Analiza urazów konczyn górnych w Stoczni Szczecinskiej S.A. w latach 1989-1993.

The study covered 534 cases of work-related injuries of upper extremities among workers of the Szczecin Shipyard, registered during the years 1989-93. Some factors influencing the rate and structure of accidents (age, kind of work, section of the plant, occupational exposure and work experience) were analysed. The study showed that hand injuries were the most common effect of work-related accidents involving upper extremities among males employed in the shipyard.

[Analysis of accidents in selected occupations in the Szczecin shipyard S.A. in the years 1989-93]. / Analiza wypadkowosci w wybranych zawodach Stoczni Szczecinskiej S.A. w latach 1989-1993.

In a five-year follow-up study (1989-93), 1317 work-related accidents and their relation to occupational exposure among male workers employed at the Szczecin Shipyard were analysed. The highest rates of accidents were found among welders, fitters, electrical mechanics and platers. The role of the age, duration of employment, type of the job performed and its contribution to the rate and pattern of accidents, were also investigated.

Hypolipemic and potential antiatherosclerotic properties of diprophyllinyl-4-benzyloxybenzoate.

To assess the hypolipemic and antiatherosclerotic activity of diprophyllinyl-4-benzyloxybenzoate guinea-pigs were kept on a high-lipid diet alone or with the tested compound for 21 days, and rabbits--for 3 months. It was found that diprophyllinyl-4-benzyloxybenzoate displays a distinct hypolipemic activity, particularly with respect to cholesterol, both in guinea-pigs and rabbits. It also depresses the cholesterol and the trigliceride content in liver homogenates and shows a tendency to normalize the low-density-lipoprotein fraction in guinea-pigs, as well as cholesterol of the high-density lipoprotein fraction, and malon dialdehyde in rabbits. The area of intima covered with atheromatous plaques was smaller in rabbits receiving the high-lipid diet with diprophyllinyl-4-benzyloxybenzoate than in those receiving that diet alone.